Dastkar Ranthambore is a nonprofit organization
that produces handicrafts created by local villagers, particularly
women, from the area around Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan,
India.

The mission of Dastkar Ranthambore is to use
craft production to improve the economic and social status of villagers
by providing new sources of income, paying fair wages, marketing their
goods and telling their stories. And to effect long-term social change
in and around Ranthambore. This gives the woman an opportunity to
learn a skill and earn money.

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Small worship shrine

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Wood blocks for printing designs
on the fabric

Dipping the block in the dye

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Each design is put on, multiple
blocks to add all of the colors. The edges are put on block after block
to create the lines.